5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TEENY

TEENY is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtiː.ni//ˈti.ni/

Adjective

Very small; tiny.

Noun

A teenager; a teenybopper.

Alternative forms: teenie

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How TEENY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TEENY as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,193 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

T___Y T in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position T__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL SOLAR ROAST CAIRN RAISE RAILE
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TEENY performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,193 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEENY ranks #9,193 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
799
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
24
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
41%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

434
341
202
190
125
90
86
69
55
54
48
40
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEENY:

18% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
14% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

18.4% →
CAROL 6.13 bits
14.5% →
SOLAR 5.30 bits
8.6% →
ROAST 5.39 bits
8.1% →
SOLAR 4.72 bits
5.3% →
CAIRN 5.21 bits
3.8% →
RAISE 4.56 bits
3.6% →
RAILE 4.59 bits
2.9% →
SOLAR 3.87 bits
2.3% →
SOLAR 4.54 bits
2.3% →
TRAIT 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for TEENY; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

T1E1E1N1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.